Baseball is very silly, and that silliness manifests itself as nonsense occasionally. Fun nonsense, but nonsense nonetheless.
As evidence, I would like to present the jury with Thursday’s game between the San Francisco Giants and Seattle Mariners. If the jury can please direct their attention to the Giants situation in right field.
Mike Yastrzemski started the game in right field, and in the middle of the second inning he left the game due to tightness in his right calf. He’ll get an MRI on Friday.
It is with zero hyperbole that I state that the Giants losing Yastrzemski in the middle of a game is one of the worst downgrades that an MLB team can make.